Weather in Staten Island

The climate of Staten Island can be broadly summarized as humid continental type, which prevails in the northeastern United States. The general climatic controls exerted over the mainland are subject to the geographical positioning, prevailing winds and large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns rising adjoining water bodies, latitudinal location and other characteristic topographical features that determine the Weather in Staten Island.

With the planetary atmospheric circulation bringing a great variety of air masses to Staten Island State, both cold, dry air from the northern interior of the continent and warm, humid air from the south and southwest conditioned by the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent subtropical waters which provide the dominant continental characteristics of the climate here. The cool, cloudy, and damp weather condition over the landmass is produced by the third great air mass flow from the North Atlantic.


Staten Island's winter climate is at times rigorous and sometimes severe, but it has doubtlessly been of invaluable importance for the island's economy, launching it on the mass tourism circuit with possibility of winter sports and recreation like skiing and snowmobiling. Even at other times of the year, climate is a prominent factor in attracting tourists and vacationers to the state. Refer to the table below for monthly weather conditions in the Staten Island.

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Avg. High

38°

41°

50°

61°

71°

80°

85°

84°

76°

66°

54°

42°

Avg. Low

24°

25°

32°

41°

51°

60°

66°

65°

57°

46°

38°

28°

Mean temperature

31°

34°

42°

51°

61°

70°

76°

74°

67°

57°

47°

36°

Avg. Rainfall

3.4 in

3.3 in

4.0 in

4.3 in

4.3 in

3.6 in

4.8 in

4.3 in

4.3 in

3.4 in

4.3 in

3.7 in

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